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Streaming local channels. - beerman - 2014-09-17
Hi Guys and gals;
Is there a way to stream local broadcast channels through XBMC? I'm new to this, and I travel quite a bit for work from Boston MA, to San Diego CA, to Naples FL. At night I don't have much to do but sit in a hotel and watch TV. I was following Aereo for a while and it looked promising, but big money shut that down.
Anyways, what I would love to do is be in CA and watch channel 5 in Boston, and be in FL and watch channel 7 in CA. As I do like to keep on local news. And I'm out of the loop when I'm not in that area.
So the Q is, is there any way to do this through XBMC? Even through private networks and what not?
I'm a rookie here so thanks so much.
BM.
RE: Streaming local channels. - beerman - 2014-09-17
143 views and nada, nobody knows?
RE: Streaming local channels. - xbmcreallyrocks - 2014-09-17
I subscribed cause I wanna know too.
RE: Streaming local channels. - cordfree - 2014-09-17
The good news is that you can watch most stations newscast from that stations website. The problem is, there is really no add-on for it. You, can simply launch from xbmc to play it in a browser, using chrome launcher. Or you can put some work into it and create an xml file for the livestream add-on., but you can see your newscasts.
RE: Streaming local channels. - beerman - 2014-09-18
Thanks for the reply. I'm interested in the whole channel, not just the news casts. For example, there are all sorts of shows on boston PBS that I can't get here in florida, and that are no on PBS's XBMC channel.